Rossignol Black Ops?

[Phall]

Just pulled the trigger on a pair of these, appear to be a beefed up Slat,
146-118-140, 186 only.

https://blackops.rossignol.com/

Anyone have any insight on these skis? Look to be exactly what I like.

[Sillygoat]

Saw a pair in the lift line in Whistler... Looked to be a fun playful shape. They definitely look to be a more dual directional style than the souls and sky and super... I guess there is not much to ski pow switch with in the rossi/dynastar line-up... Let us know how they ride.

[Phall]

Word from the rep is Pelonia wood and carbon stringers, I like a stiffer, but playful ski so I'm hoping they fit the bill. I may have to mount them back a bit but we'll see how they look when they show up.

[skibrd]

I saw them Wednesday and if they came in 195, I would of pulled the trigger.

The rep I talked to said they have a sheet of metal on the top sheet.

[CelebratedSkier]

I saw them Wednesday and if they came in 195, I would of pulled the trigger.

The rep I talked to said they have a sheet of metal on the top sheet.

That sheet of metal might just be the mounting plate. Not that I actually know. But reps have certainly made more exaggerated claims than that...

[skibrd]

Yeah, 195cm is kinda getting close. Make it in a 205 and I AM ALL OVER IT.

The rep I talked to told me he was gonna give my feedback to the boiz in France and they may whip up a prototype for me to test. I'll keep all the mags posted.

If you can get a second pair, I'll gladly give them my feed back! It's not easy to find a pair of big (200+) skis for big guys.

[division.bell]

Word from the rep is Pelonia wood and carbon stringers, I like a stiffer, but playful ski so I'm hoping they fit the bill. I may have to mount them back a bit but we'll see how they look when they show up.

I just mounted mine up the other day and have yet to ski them, but they are stiffer (hand flexing) than I originally anticipated which is a good thing. Having liked the Slat, I was looking for a stiffer, yet playful inbounds powder ski, and I think the Black Ops will fit the bill nicely.

I mounted at the recommended line which was somewhere around 2-3cm back from center (I can't recall specifically).

[XavierD]

No metal mounting plate - calls for a 3.5 bit

[One (+) Sentence]

I guess I do not understand the comparisons to the Rossignol Slat in this thread. The slat is 97mm wide and Black Ops is 118mm. Please enlighten...

[Phall]

I think people think its a beefed up, wider Slat, reminds me of a wider S6. I guess one of the team members won't ski the Soul series skis and still skis S6's and this is his, amongst some others, project. Will write a review once I ski them.

[STLHD]

Fwiw: http://blistergearreview.com/gear-re...ignol-blackops

[Phall]

Fwiw: http://blistergearreview.com/gear-re...ignol-blackops

Came here to post that. Camber looks really good, and a 10 underfoot even better.

[Sillygoat]

Touched and flexed an unmounted pair today. I was expecting them to be beefy and yup.
I guess if you are concerned about swing weight then look elsewhere... I'm pretty stoked to try a pair whenever they become available,
yet I wouldn't expect this ski to become a new major production model... more of a team ski I guess, it looks to be very well built, and I don't think it comes out of the same factory as the Soul/Sin/Sky series.

[Damian Sanders]

Lot like my old volkl chopsticks in terms of beef, but narrower and camber underfoot.

I just wish rossi would get back to listening to the athletes and make a few more raceroom freeride skis. Not a fan of the gimmicky high tech honeycomb skis and such. They could easily compete with blizzard and nordica if they wanted to.

[#######]

I just wish rossi would get back to listening to the athletes and make a few more raceroom freeride skis.

Reminds me of the Rayvn/S6 with rocker and less taper in the tail. The blacked-out dimensions and secretive bullshit marketing is kinda lame too, probably so they can sell all 50 pair they made.